It can be tricky trying to decide on a book with just a brief description to go by; so here's a chapter summary to help whet your appetite and give you an idea of the great effects you'll be able to produce.

1. Selection techniques
2. Get the most from your selections:
   including the new Quick Selection tool
3. Montage essentials: layers
4. All you need to know about the bedrock
   components of successful montages
5. Hiding and showing
6. Make things disappear and reappear
   with non-destructive editing
7. Image adjustments
8. Discover how to clean up images,
   change colors, replace skies, and more
9. Light and shade
10. Add realistic shadows, light up a scene
    or turn day to into night
11. Transformation and distortion
12. Create ripples and smoke, wrap an image
    around a surface, to mention but a few

1. Materials and textures
2. Wax seals, aged photos, creating wood
   and satin: all these can be found here
3. Working with text
4. Carve words in stone or sand, make gold
   3D logos and eye-catching neon
5. People and animals
6. Reunite family members, marry a celebrity,
   lose a few pounds or even a few years!
7. Shiny surfaces
8. Add a glossy sheen, keep your kids in
   a jar, or turn a railroad into a canal
9. The third dimension
10. Make paintings and photos come to life,
    create a jigsaw puzzle or open up a box
11. Print and the internet
12. Last but not least, how to show off
    your masterpiece in print or on the web